Re: gEDA-user: Working on xgsch2pcb-0.1.3 for Gentoo

[Bert Timmerman <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Frank,

FWIW,

On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 20:31 +0000, Frank Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:47:21 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> >> http://frajasalo.de/frank/projekt/pcb/pcb_part-view_20091028-2257.png
> > 
> > That board looks familiar...  ;-)
> 
> I would be suprised if not ... It is a good reference, throws some drc 
> errors, is not to big to delay pcb's runtime and is available for all.
> 
> > Where do you keep "unplaced" parts in your scheme?  Do they still show
> > up on the board at all?

Hmmm, giving negative X-, Y-coordinates would be a way to avoid elements
being shown/being valid in the layout.

> 
> Its a "dumb list"! The code iterate over all available elements and show 
> them and a few params in the list.
> 

A "smart" list might come in handy for doing all kinds of operations
like:
- selecting/unselecting elements,
- locking/unlocking of elements,
- reloading an element from a tweaked footprint

> What are "unplaced parts"? - I know tools that define such parts as 
> "parts not within the (closed) board outline" and mark them by color or 
> symbol.
> 
> Frank
> 

Just some thoughts :)

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.

BTW: is your code public/visible somewhere ?




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